Background

Mr. Lawrence F. Levy co-founded Levy Restaurants, Inc. in 1978. Mr. Levy has been the Chief Executive Officer at Levy Acquisition Corp. since August 02, 2013. Mr. Levy employed at Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, Investment Arm. Mr. Levy is a co-Founder and Chairman of Levy Restaurants Inc. at Levy Organization. He founded Levy Restaurants in 1978. Mr. Levy served as the Chief Executive Officer of Levy Restaurants till December 2003. His vision for real estate has ... also guided many of Chicago's major real estate projects in the last three decades including One Magnificent Mile, Woodfield Lake Office Campus, Waterfall Glen Office Park, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center, and Butterfield Center for Business. He co-founded the Levy Institute of Entrepreneurial Practice at Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He serves as Chairman of the Board at Levy Restaurants, Inc. He serves as the Chairman of Levy Acquisition Corp. and has been its Director since November 19, 2013. He serves as a Director of After School Matters, Inc. He serves as a Director of Burrell Communications, Northern Trust's Hedge Fund, and the Chicago Central Area Committee. He is a Director of the Chicagoland Association of Commerce and Industry, a Member of the Board of Advisors of Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Park Zoo, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation. Mr. Levy was the Chairman of the Chicago Chapter of the Young President Organization. Mr. Levy also served on the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for six years, later acting as its Chairman. He received St. Coletta's Crystallus Award in recognition the company's charitable contributions nationwide and the Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League. Mr. Levy has been recognized by his industry and peers with numerous awards including the 1999 IFMA Gold Plate Award as Restaurateur of the Year in the United States as well as the Ivy Award, the restaurant industry's Academy Award, in 1992 for Spiaggia, for Bistro 110 in 1993, and in 2003, the Sports & Entertainment Group received the first Ivy Award ever given to a sports and entertainment foodservice company. Mr. Levy was awarded the prestigious Northwestern University Alumni Award in 1982, the Kellogg School's Shaffner Award in 2003, and was honored by the creation of an annual student enterprise, which funds The Larry Levy Entrepreneur Scholarships at Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Most recently, SportsBusiness Journal included Mr. Levy in its ranking of the ‘20 Most Influential People in Sports Facilities’. In 2001, Mr. Levy received Ernst & Young's Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Illinois. Mr. Levy holds a B.S. degree in 1966 and an M.B.A. in 1967 from Northwestern University. in 1966 and his M.B.A. in 1967.

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